Habakkuk 3:2
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
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In Context
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.
Cross References
Exodus 32:10now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Numbers 16:46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take they censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
2 Chronicles 34:27because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
Job 4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
Psalms 25:6Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 3:2-3
The Prophet's Prayer. ( b. c. 600.) 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 O Lord , I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord , revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. This chapter is entitled a prayer of Habakkuk. It is a meditation with himself, an intercession for the church. Prophets were praying men; this prophet was so ( He is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, Gen. xx. 7 ); and sometimes they prayed for even those… Read the whole commentary →